 Our next caller is Jack from Missouri. Hey, what's up, Jack? How can we help you? Hey, what's up guys? How you doing that? Good, man? Good. All right, so um quick background to start I'm a 20 year old college student right now I've been lifting for about six years, but um the first three were in high school and it was mainly center-round football and Basketball and track so it wasn't necessarily all calculated out. It was more performance based. Um But um, so I left or I entered my senior year at 280. Um, I was a de-tackle so I was eating everything I could see so Left or entered that year 280 Right now I'm about 190 but the lowest I got was 175 But I've been for about the past six months I've been reverse dieting and on a bulk and I've gotten the calories up from about 1800 at the beginning They saw some skewed thing. I saw online to 3500 right now and that is about a couple hundred over my maintenance But um adjusting to getting in 3500 has been a little bit difficult and some days I'll get home later than expected and I don't really feel like putting down two pounds of meat or Six cups of rice or some shit like that So I don't I miss out on the calories that day. So my question is If I don't reach the calorie and macro goal For one day and hit under by about 600 or more give or take Should I try and make those calories up? The next day and add them to what I was already planning on eating or should I try and disperse it out? Throughout the rest of the week Or should I just um omit it and Call it good. First of all jack, you're you're kicking ass, dude. Um and say did you say you're 20? I am 20 you sound like a like a man man Right does he not he's not sound like he doesn't sound 20 to me for some reason you don't sound 20, bro Well, you gotta do what 280 you said. Yeah, dude. No, you're you are you're doing phenomenal. Yeah, that's a huge Increase in your caloric intake and maintaining that's that's phenomenal. Very very good. I should I should thank you very much I should never been that low. I'm pretty sure I saw something when I was starting out Beginning quarantine. I said like 1600 calories was what I should be eating Being 64 and 280 that is not what I should have anything. No, no, but you're in a you're in a great place And it would be interesting to hear what the other guys add But I actually wouldn't worry too much about those days and the only thing that I would caution you Okay, so what had this happens to me when I'm bulking and I know sometimes it's hard like I've been up to places Where I'm pushing four or five thousand calories and then I'd have those moments where I'm like shit I'm a thousand calories behind and I'm already fooled. I do I stuff myself? No, I'm not going to stuff myself but When I always notice on those days when I go to bed lighter on calories the next day I might be an appetite like kicks up And then that's also the times where I I tend to play this game in my head where I go like Wow, I was a thousand calories low yesterday. I'm starting right now So today I'm going to swing by and get that double bacon cheeseburger and fries that I really wanted I haven't had in a long time and you kind of play that game and you tend to go off Your plan because you're so hungry and you make worse than other than that If you actually stay on the diet the next day and you eat good and you're solid I actually wouldn't even worry about the day or two here and there that you actually don't hit your target Yeah, you're overthinking it 100% you're doing a great job. Um, I mean unless you have a specific like targeted goal Where you're like, okay, I'm gonna gain this much lean body mass by this point or I'm gonna get on stage Oh, yeah, that's a different or I'm gonna compete But if you're if your goal is just, you know, you want to keep doing this you like it you enjoy it Sounds like you do you've been doing it for five years You started as a 15 year old and you're 20 now So you've probably built pretty good consistency discipline and you probably have a good relationship with it For the most part just because you started so young. I think you're overthinking it man. Don't worry about it Now some days are going to be lower Naturally, you'll probably make up for it on other days But I mean you got your calories over 3000 and you feel good and on some days it feels like it's maybe too high Yeah, don't worry about it, dude. You're doing fine. Listen to your body Keep going on the track that you're going on because what you don't want to do Is create a kind of stressful environment around your food where you're like, oh my gosh It's 11 o'clock at night. I'm under calories. Do I stuff myself? How do I make up for this tomorrow? Do I spread this out over the next whatever days? You're 20 you're 20 years old like that. This is a type of stress that why why add this to your life You're doing absolutely fine. I would seriously not worry about it for the most part You're based on what you're telling me you're crushing you're kicking ass Sounds like you're getting a lot of it from Whole Foods, too. Are you supplementing at all? Um, yeah, I'm trying to get a lot from Whole Foods. It's kind of on the college budget So it's just uh cheapest I can do right now is just a shit ton of chicken thighs But um, but yeah, I'm still demanding. I'm just taking uh, I mean Fish oil creating protein pre-workout kind of like the basics Ashwagandha multi I actually ordered some uh mass enzymes The other day using your guys code. So thank you for that one. And so those will add the join the crew But yeah, that's about it. Have you have you tried the enzymes yet? I have not no sir. Yeah, I'd like to hear your feedback on on how that helps with digestion Especially when you're pushing calories. I made a big yeah. Yeah, that's exactly what I was going for because um I mean, there are going to be some nails that are um much greater than the other ones So digestion help would be killer, but I swear to god jack you're you're doing great. Yeah, you're overthinking it Yeah, you're totally overthinking it just you're good if you miss a day because you weren't that hungry or you felt like you had to stuff yourself Okay No big deal. Um, you just go back on the next day. Don't worry about Trying to make up for it. Now. Here's the other side like what what adam was saying Although he kind of explained it is something that might be negative Don't freak out about it But if the next day you're hungrier and instead of going to 3,300 calories you go up to 35 or 36 Okay, that's okay. You know our bodies really we didn't evolve eating the same amount of calories every single day We probably ate a lot sometimes and very little other times There's there there's probably some health benefits to doing so Plus life works itself out that way There's going to be some days where you're going to want to go out with your girlfriend or Hang out with your buddies and you're going to eat a little more and there's going to be times when you're like, you know What like here's what happens for me like If there's days where we're doing a lot of podcasts and interviews I like to eat less on those days. I feel sharper I'm faster on my on my feet so to speak And so those days I just eat a little bit less and it's not that big of a deal So it gives you a little bit more flexibility on other days to do that But don't overthink it. You don't want to create this kind of stressful environment around Exercise nutrition. You're doing so good. The only thing like I said, I would caution is just being aware of your behaviors Right, so I I know the tendencies that I have when I Under consume by that many calories on one day is I tend the appetite is kind of roaring And then that also is what will make me make I might eat a whole baggage that if they're I was going to eat a Whole bag of chips one day like that's the day it would happen because I'm I'm so low on calories from the previous day I'm I'm hungry right now. And so I'll have a little bit extra calories like Sal's saying but then a little extra calories ends up being 2000 and carbohydrates. I miss my protein intake for a day And that's the only the only thing I can see negative about what you're doing already is If you're aware of that and you know, that's the the tendencies that you may or may not have and just caution it Pay attention to that Having a low day every once in a while. It actually is probably very very very beneficial to you Now jack, we like to give people something free when they ask us a question Do you have based on what you're saying you've been working out for a while what program you've probably got a good workout Are you following any maps programs at all? um, I'm not I've uh, I've read about um anabolic Strong performance and aesthetic to try and see um, which one would kind of fit Like I told you I'm in a bulking thing right now and um Well with with your experience I would go anabolic or aesthetic I mean you've been working out for for a while now aesthetic might even be appropriate for you So how many days a week are you training? um, I know this is against your guys advice, but uh Seven and I'm doing five lifting and then the other two days. I watch your guys's uh the webinar for um mobility Mobility, yeah, and I do the mobility routine. I do some cardio and I do some recovery Yeah, you're doing you're doing good at that either you're doing good All right, we're gonna send you maps aesthetic. So if you want to follow one of our programs I think that one will probably be appropriate for someone with your level of experience. Yeah And awareness around it. Thank you guys Yeah, go there and then I the next one I'd love to see you do is strong I think strong will be great for where you're at right now. Yeah, you're doing great, bro. Good job, man Thanks for calling. Yeah. Yeah real quick. Also. Um, I'm gonna go to hear it with every single Goddamn call you get but I You guys have actually like changed my perspective on health and fitness because you aren't putting out like the normal bullshit like do this like for 30 days to drop 50 pounds or some shit you're putting out stuff that is meant to optimize health and mental health as well And I think that is killer and I've put Or I've tried to put it basically my entire campus onto your guys podcast. I put my whole family on it Awesome. Can't get enough years. So thank you all very much. Much appreciated. Thank you. Appreciate the support jack. Thank you, bro Yeah, of course. Take care of yeah So, you know, what I want to talk about is how his voice made you feel Did he sound like a 20 year old to you? No, man, not even like the way he talked his cadence He sounded like just a grown ass man. Did he look what he looked like Doug? Do you look like a grown ass man or what? Yeah, he does. Yeah, I mean he doesn't look, you know, 20 or young. 20 is young dude. He's way ahead of the He's crushing. Yes, he is. You know what I like about hearing about something like this is that because he started so young He started at the age of 15 He's stuck with it this entire time. He's at the age of 20 He's where a lot of people will be, you know, with exercise in their 30s Because he's now after you've done it for if you've done it if you worked out consistently for Five plus years. That's when you really start to figure things out a little bit. I think Especially if you have a healthy approach So it's really cool to hear, you know to hear his his kind of his input But yeah, you know the thing about nutrition and exercise is at the end of the day It should not add stress to your life if it does it can become something that's unhealthy itself So, you know, if you're doing good and everything's going great, you don't want to like freak out because one day is off That'll do the exact opposite of what you're trying to accomplish with, you know, a fit and healthy lifestyle Yeah, and even I mean, I love this guy, dude. Even his, uh, you know, he was Even his seven day approach to fitness, I like yeah, it was good He started to say it like I know you guys don't like this, but then when he said I'm like Five days of resistance training. He's doing mobility two days. That's awesome. Yeah, I'm about it, dude So I like everything that this guy's doing right now. I think he's got a great Relationship with exercise. I think he's got a great strength I think the fact that he's gone from 1800 calories up to 3000 plus calories That's that's awesome And then he's actually in a place where he's like, oh, I'm full for the day Like what a great place to be, you know The only thing and I just that when I know when I eat low calories like that My body wants to make up for it sometimes the next day And if I if I do stray if I do make yeah, it's that day, you know And you and you kind of play that justification like totally, you know, I ate late last yesterday and so Yeah, five guys two bacon cheeseburgers today. I think I'm gonna do that I might want one of those later. What are you doing to me right now adam?